Shannon Johnstone, right, a professional photographer, has been taking pictures once a week of rescue dogs from the Wake County Animal Shelter since 2012 at the North Wake Landfill District Park off Durant Road in North Raleigh, N.C. Here, she documents Wezzy, a pit bull that is about 4 years old, with the help of shelter worker Diadra Cooley, Oct. 7, 2013. (Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images)

A Pit Bull wearing sunglasses is seen prior to the start of in Albania's first Dog Show in Tiranas Sport Palace on June 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU (Photo credit should read GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images)

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JULY 24: A pit bull looks out from a cage in the Liberty Humane Society shelter July 24, 2007 in Jersey City, New Jersey. According to animal shelter statistics, around one-third of all dogs coming into shelters nationwide are pit bulls, up from just 2 to 3 percent fifteen years ago. An estimated 40,000 people are involved in illegal professional dogfighting in the U.S. which often involves pit bulls. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Residents in the area told investigators the boy was playing outside with his older brother and the dogs were in a fenced off area. They said the child was either trying to pet the dogs or jumped over the fence.

Investigators are trying to determine if the child may have been dragged in by the dogs.

Roger Rodriguez told WHDH the person who owns the dogs was hysterical.

"She was crying and crying. We tried to comfort her," he said. "I pray for the neighborhood."

Following the attack, one of the pit bulls charged an officer. The officer shot the dog but it kept running. It was later found and euthanized. Animal control has custody of the second pit bull.

Police are still investigating the incident and no charges have been filed.